that is what I AM talking about
I DRESS BADLY 28 days per month why do I need my DOA ladies to be slobs like me
not every costume in DOA works the guys are pretty badly dressed IMO allowing them to mix and match is an improvement
you are only losing the aesthetics and the character itself
DOA does not have much for a story a lot of a character's personality and story comes from what they are wearing
Lisa's mask or sexy rope tops on Momiji for example you took away who they are right there the characters are already very shallow what little they had gets lost when you start taking how they like to dress and give that style to another character who normally would wear something that matches who she is
the costumes say more about who those characters are because the story is not much to go on
I like Lisa
I also like Momiji
I like the developer to control what they are telling me about each character through what they wear
in Tag mode if you team up Honoka with Ayane
Honoka asks Ayane '
Are you a Ninja?'
this works until you dilute what makes Ayane AYANE by also giving Honoka her own Ninja suit
you lost something that made the character special now everyone is a ninja
except poor Lisa
the debut costumes are the only things you can count on now to tell you who the character is so allowing to mix match will further dilute who they are by allowing them to wear what is not part of their persona
yes something is lost